Match Report
5 points and 8 places separated them: Arsenal 2nd with 12, Chelsea 10th with 7. Against a league average of 1.41 goals per team per game, Arsenal ran at 1.6 scored and 0.8 conceded, Chelsea at 2 and 2.4.
Momentum sat with Arsenal, winners of their last three, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Chelsea entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
40 meetings are on record — 18 won by Arsenal, 12 by Chelsea, 10 drawn, at 2.8 goals per meeting.
Emirates Stadium, capacity 60,704, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Arsenal: Kai Havertz (25'), Martin Ødegaard (50') · Chelsea: Morgan Rogers (2')
Key stats
Possession: Arsenal 55% · Chelsea 45% · Total shots: 16-13 · On target: 9-5 · Corners: 5-3